See also

Family of Herbert William Baker and Elizabeth Smith

  • Husband:

  • Herbert William Baker (1863-1939)

  • Wife:

  • Elizabeth Smith (1866?- )

  • Marriage:

  • 18 Aug 1888

  • St. Paul's Church, St. Pauls Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, England1 2

  •  

  • William a bachelor of 8 Ashberry Terrace Moffat Road serving as a police constable and son of Jeremiah Baker a coachsmith. Elizabeth a spinster of Thornton Heath and daughter of Alfred Smith a tailor. Married by banns and witnessed by Herbert Smith and Ada Hart Baker

Husband: Herbert William Baker

  • Name:

  • Herbert William Baker3 4 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Jeremiah Baker (1837?-1921)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Ann Maria Hart (1841?-1921)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • general labourer, police constable and sergeant, time keeper then an assurance agent6 2 7 8 9 10 11 12

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1863

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3 13 6 8 9 10 11

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 7)

  • Church Yard, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Jeremiah and Sarah, sisters Ellen and Ada, and his widowed grandmother Mariah (sic) Rose. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Feb 1874 (age 10)

  • St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of Jeremiah Baker (coachsmith) and Sarah Ann Maria of Stowmarket, baptised with sisters Ada Hart and Elizabeth

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 17)

  • Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son working as a general labourer and living with his parents Jeremiah and Sarah, sisters Ada, Alice and Edith, and brother Harry. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 27)

  • 180 Maxey Road, Plumstead, London, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household as Herbert S Baker serving as a police constable and living with his wife Mary. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 37)

  • 20 Alsen Road, Tollington Park, Islington, London, England9

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a policeman and living in three rooms with his wife Maryann, and daughter Edith. Born in Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 1 Nov 1903 (age 39-40)

  • Herbert William Baker witnessed the marriage of Harry Baker and Rose Ellen Day on Sunday on 1 November 1903 in St. Anne's Church, Poole's Park, Islington, Middlesex, England

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 47)

  • 73 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • a married and retired policeman working as a time keeper at an explosives manufacturer and living in six rooms with his wife Mary Ann, daughter Edith, and son Herbert. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 57 yrs 7 mns)

  • 26 Ipswich Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an assurance agent canvassing and collecting for the Liverpool & Victoria Friendly Society and living in five rooms with his wife Mary Ann. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q3 1939 (age 76)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England5

Wife: Elizabeth Smith

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Smith1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1866 (app)

  • Plumstead, Kent, England9

Note on Husband: Herbert William Baker

Note that Herbert is easily confused with Herbert Baker born in Great Finborough in 1863

Note on Wife: Elizabeth Smith

There are many possible birth, census and death records for Elizabeth, need more information

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Croydon 1888 quarter:3 volume:2a page:423. Cit. Date: 19 November 2025.

2.

Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Thornton Heath St. Paul marriages 1872-1893 page:165 entry:329. Cit. Date: 19 November 2025.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1863 quarter:4 volume:4a page:483. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary entry:450. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1939 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1222. Cit. Date: 23 November 2025.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1851 folio:15 page:24 schedule:106. Cit. Date: 11 February 2022.

7.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Plumstead St. Margaret marriages 1881-1900 page:58 entry:116. Cit. Date: 19 November 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:537 folio:35 page:23 schedule:163. Cit. Date: 19 November 2025.

9.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:169 folio:67 page:14 schedule:95. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.

10.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10691 class:RG78 piece:576 registration district:209 sub-district:3 enumeration district:6 schedule:61. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.

11.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9356 registration district:209 sub-district:2 enumeration district:9, 10, 11 schedule:15. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.

12.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1949, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary marriages 1916-1929 page:59 entry:117. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

13.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1734 folio:56 page:9 schedule:39. Cit. Date: 19 March 2025.